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Fermin Arrudi Urieta (Sallent de Gallego, 7 July 1870 - 2 May 1913), was also known as Sallent giant, Aragonese giant. He was a celebrity around the Aragonese Pyrenees because of his height, he measured 7'4" (223.5 cm) and traveled much of the world exhibiting himself. Rafael Andolz has written a book which chronicles his life.

Biography
Fermin Arrudi was a smallish baby born to parents of normal height, but when he was 11 years old (according to some sources) or 15 years old (according to other sources) he began to growth rapidly which would go on until he was 25 years old. At that time he was measured at 7'4", although some sources say he grew up to 2.40 m, exceeding the size of all the people known in his day. However, you only have to look at the images below to realize this is not true.

Initially, he was working in Canfranc station but soon turned to display his giant frame. At first locally, at a festival of Pilar in Zaragoza, when he was 21 years old and his height was 219 cm. Later he travelled Europe, exhibiting in cities in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria and France. Also North America, and South America, then the Caribbean and Africa where he toured in Algeria.

As with many other giants there are many stories about his feats of superhuman strength, it is said that once when he crossed a river with his and the donkey refused, he put the donkey on his shoulder and carried it across, together with the load the donkey was carrying. Once he killed a bear with his bare hands, and he could carry weights so heavy that 4 grown man could not lift it together.

He died on 2 May 1913 at the age of 43 years. The coffin he was buried in, measured 2.4 m long x 93 cm wide, and was carried by six men. The size of the coffin proves again that he was not 240 cm tall as some sources claim.